WWE SmackDown star and a former four times WWE world champion Sheamus who is also a former three times WWE United States champion recently talked about his plans of retiring from Professional wrestling in 2019 and also revealed what kept him away from this retirement.
Sheamus joined WWE back in 2006 after spending a number of years on the Scottish independent circuit. He won in lot of championships from the Scottish independent circuit before joining WWE. He spent his first three years on the development Territory of WWE and in 2009 he made his WWE main roster debut directly against The Mighty John Cena. In a very short amount of time he defeated John Cena to capture his first WWE World Championship.
Sheamus Explains What Kept Him Away From Retiring In 2019
The Celtic Warrior had been treated as a main event star for a long amount of time as he kept on winning the biggest prizes in WWE. In 2010 he won WWE King of the Ring tournament. In 2012 he won the WWE Royal Rumble match and at WrestleMania 28 he defeated Daniel Bryan to win the World Heavyweight Championship. In 2015 he won the WWE Money in the Bank. There is almost nothing that he did not win in WWE. The only thing he is yet to win is the Intercontinental Championship.
Sheamus is currently 44 and he was involved in one of the best matches of WWE in 2022. At the Clash at the Castle pay per view event, he challenged Gunther for the Intercontinental championship. A lot of fans are considered in this match as the best WWE match of 2022. Even Dave Meltzer gave it a 5 star rating. With the amazing performance in this match, the 44 year old proved he is still capable of giving 5 star matches and carrying the entire promotion.
Sheamus who is also a former three times WWE United States champion recently spoke to SHAK Wrestling where he talked about his plans of retiring from Professional wrestling in 2019 and also revealed what kept him away from this retirement. He said;
“Oh, it’s an incredible feeling. It kinda came out of left field, to be honest. I’ve kinda been doing this my whole career. I’m very, very physical in the ring. I think there’s a couple things at the beginning of my career that kind of muttered that, the whole stories with Triple H and some other stories backstage were total BS.
“But I just feel like, no matter what I did, especially in 2012, when I was world champion, the stuff with [Daniel] Bryan, it didn’t matter what I did. The crowd would turn against me because they thought the machine was behind me. No matter how hard I beat him my body, I just wasn’t gonna win them over. So I went away and I came back as a heel. But yeah, I love what I do. I’m still very passionate about what I do, probably more passionate now than I’ve ever been.
“I was actually at Edge’s house, and I saw his titles on the wall, and I saw the IC Title. I was like, ‘I can’t give up now. I’m so close to getting that piece in the puzzle.’ It motivated me to get back and come back in the best shape possible.”
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